The Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye: My noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend. 2 When in the sultry glebe I faint, Or on the thirsty mountain pant; To fertile vales and dewy meads My weary wandering steps he leads: Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow, Amid the verdant landscape flow. 3 Though in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overspread, My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, For thou, O Lord, art with me still; Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, And guide me through the dreadful shade. 4 Though in a bare and rugged way, Through devious lonely wilds I stray, Thy bounty shall my wants beguile: The barren wilderness shall smile, With sudden greens and herbage crown'd, And streams shall murmur all around. END OF ADDISON'S POEMS. Footnotes: [Footnote 2: 'Majesty:' King William.] [Footnote 3: 'Seneffe:' lost by William to the French in 1674. Claverhouse fought with him at this battle.] [Footnote 4: The four last lines of the second and third stanzas were added by Mr Tate.] [Footnote 5: 'Eridanus:' the Po.] [Footnote 6: 'Such as of late.' See Macaulay's 'Essay on Addison,' and the 'Life' in this volume, for an account of this extraordinary tempest.] [Footnote 7: 'Tallard,' or Tallart: an eminent French marshal, taken prisoner at Blenheim; he remained in England for seven years.] [Footnote 8: A comedy written by Sir Richard Steel.] [Footnote 9: A dramatic poem written by the Lord Lansdown.] [Footnote 10: 'Smith:' Edmund, commonly called 'Rag;' see Johnson's 'Poets.'] [Footnote 11: 'Lyæus:' Bacchus.] [Footnote 12: 'Princess of Wales:' Willielinina Dorothea Carolina of Brandenburg-Anspach--afterwards Caroline, Queen of George II.; she figures in the 'Heart of Mid-Lothian.'] [Footnote 13: 'Gloriana:' Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles I. See our edition of Waller.] [Footnote 14: 'Sir Godfrey Kneller:' born at Lubeck in 1648; became a painter of portraits; visited England; was knighted by William III.; died in 1723; lies in Westminster Abbey.] [Footnote 15: This refers to a portrait of George I.] [Footnote 16: 'R----:' Rich.] [Footnote 17: Otherwise, 'Thy goodness I'll proclaim;' And, 'Resume the glorious theme.' ] THE LIFE OF JOHN GAY.